The main couple have both already confessed to each other early in the manga, yet they still aren't together. Apparently because they both have some rather severe emotional issues due to their parents being screwed up.

Also great opening line for the male lead: "You brought this on yourself! Now Mark is going to die!"

The female lead is almost as good: "I have a dream: To make 10 million Yen a year. To achieve this goal, there is only one thing I can be interested in... Calculus."

Also, I'm a bit confused as to if it's shoujo or shounen, since it seems to use mainly shoujo tropes but with a shounen type twist to them... if that makes any sense.

Interestingly enough many watchers NOT familiar with how the manga started were very unnerved by the near-rape in the anime. Though I suppose anyone would be, given the circumstances. What was the author thinking, really, when social awkwardness could have been shown in another way...

My wife (who watched the anime) wondered if Haru is a high-functioning autistic. I haven't watched it—shoujo is never my taste—but just by reading the work page I have to agree with her. And let's say, I tend to be very strict when trying to "diagnose" fictional characters of any mental disorder...

This series is making me realize (yet again) why All Girls Want Bad Boys is such a popular trope, and no - I ain't referring to the male lead. Yamaken's reactions is currently entertaining me more than Haru's.

My wife (who watched the anime) wondered if Haru is a high-functioning autistic. I haven't watched it—shoujo is never my taste—but just by reading the work page I have to agree with her. And let's say, I tend to be very strict when trying to "diagnose" fictional characters of any mental disorder...

Haru? No. Mizutani? Yes.

"No, the Singularity will not happen. Computation is hard." -Happy Ent

Think Shizuku is just trying to be like her mother, who btw acts like how most stern, workaholic, successful (dismissive of their spouses) fathers act in fiction.

Have caught up on the manga, definitely on watch list.

Another thing that I like about the series is that the LUV are spread out. The mains are the stars, but the supporting characters also get a lot of LUV, including admirers of their own. It feels balanced gender-wise.

For example, both Natsume and Yamaken probably have the most number of admirers. So it's like the supporting characters are in a reverse harem and harem respectively.

Yeah, in no way is Shizuku autistic. You can make the case for Haru due to his overall lack of understanding of socialization and the rules implicit, but it's pretty clear Shizuku knows about socialization and chooses not to engage in it.

Haru doesn't really seem autistic. The social cues autistic people tend to miss are usually based on attentional focus and reading very basic body language rather than understanding cultural and social norms (Ami Kiln and Robert Schultz's Virginia Woolf experiment provides a pretty good example of what I mean), and Haru doesn't seem to have any trouble with keeping his attention on people during conversations. He also lacks any of the sensory-seeking or repetitive behaviors that tend to characterize autistic spectrum disorders. I'm guessing most of Haru's issues are learned rather than inherent - the bits we've seen of his home life don't exactly look ideal. /psych nerd

Interesting and cute anime. I agree with both a better-than-average shoujo art style, and a refreshing start with the confessions. Especially as they even as much as made an attempt at clearing up what their feelings were, more exactly.

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